Microplastics found in 50% of clogged arteries
Clogged arteries contaminated with microplastics double the risk of heart attack and stroke. A shocking Italian study of 257 patients.
Chewing gum alert: it fills your mouth with microplastics
Chewing gum means releasing up to 600 microplastics into your mouth per piece, according to UCLA researchers. The alarming discovery: natural gums are as contaminated as synthetic ones and 94% of the particles are released in the first 8 minutes.
Crops and Microplastics: The Connection You Don't Know
Shocking Study: Microplastics Reduce Photosynthesis by Up to 18% in Agricultural Crops. Millions Risk Starvation Within 25 Years.
Microplastics in Every Sip: The Dark Side of Tea Bags
Sipping a cup of tea could expose you to billions of microplastics. Blame it on common tea bags, a new study reveals.
Microplastics, from the air to the plate: the assault on the food chain
Microplastics are contaminating the entire food chain. A global problem that requires an immediate and coordinated response.
How Many Microplastics Do You Drink? An App Can 'Read' Your Glass
A cheap and rapid new tool for detecting microplastics could revolutionize our understanding of pollution.
Shock microplastics, plastic recycling plants spread them
Plastic recycling plants release alarming quantities of microplastics. The research highlights the need for new filtration solutions.
From the plate to our organs, shocking study reveals the journey of microplastics
A new study sheds light on the disturbing infiltration of microplastics into human tissues, including the kidneys, liver and brain.
One day we'll have this thing behind all the tires
The Tire Collective has created a system that uses electrostatic force to capture up to 60% of tire particles.
Bottle alarm: thousands of nanoplastics hidden in water
Study reveals the presence of up to 370.000 nanoplastic particles per liter in bottled water, an amount well above previous estimates
The alarm of Japanese scientists: microplastics also in the clouds
The clouds over Japan reveal a very bad surprise: are microplastics there too, can they affect the climate?
The heart is polluted: the last place we found Microplastics
Scientists have found 9 types of microplastics in the human heart, some even during surgery
PET bottled water: a toxic infusion of microplastics?
No final proof, but many scientific "indications": on water in PET bottles we need to run for cover, and quickly.
We breathe microplastics in the air, especially indoors
We inhale invisible fibers of microplastics, in concentrations up to 28 times higher when we are indoors. It's red alert.
Okay, we have a serious problem: your sperm count is plummeting
Sperm count more than halved in 50 years: the culprits? Chemistry and "dirty" energy sources
New magnetic nanomaterial removes microplastics from water in 1 hour
A powder additive can remove microplastics 1.000 times smaller than those currently detectable by wastewater treatment plants
Gillbert, the robot fish that sucks microplastics from waterways
"Gillbert", a robotic fish designed by student Eleanor Mackintosh, sucks up microplastics to sample, recycle and minimize pollution in waterways.
4 fantastic inventions to eradicate plastic from rivers and oceans
Against a plastic nightmare, only the light of human ingenuity can try to reverse the course. Here are 4 inventions that can clean seas and rivers of all this waste.
Official, you also find microplastics in the human bloodstream
Many of us have plastic dust coursing through our veins, directly into the bloodstream.
Microplastics in the air, alarming study: they cause cell death
One study found that quantities of microplastics detectable in the environment can kill human cells and produce serious reactions.
Microplastics: there is proof, they also influence climate change
Everywhere: land, water and air. Microplastics are set to significantly influence climate change within the next 30 years.
